Chapter 5 - Ungar

Self Mockery: An Alternative From Self-Presentation - Goffman contends that individuals seek to convey idealized and, in most instances, self- enhancing impressions to others. - Individuals prefer to present themselves in ways which impress others - Research has revealed that self-enhancement motives are sufficiently strong to occasion self-enhancing presentations even when there is some risk that these presentations could be publicly refuted - Self-presentational theorist and researchers have generally equated self-enhancement with self-presentation Structural Ambivalence and the presence of Leeway - Inter-and-intra-role conflict as natural and inevitable - Ambivalence serves to attenuate commitment and give rise to role distancing behaviours - The conflicts arising from contrary normative expectations are usually resolved through